Cricut Valentines Day Crafts

January 27, 2023 by Janine Leave a Comment

Valentines Day is right around the corner and we are so excited. We love to take this opportunity to share special little handmade treats with our friends and family. In fact, here we have rounded up our favorite Cricut Valentines Day Crafts to share with you.

Some of these are brand-new craft ideas for this year but we’ve also included some of our old favorites as well. If you want to make something special for someone you love this Valentines Day, you’re sure to find a wonderful idea below. Share the love!

Cricut Valentines Day Crafts

SHAKER LETTER From Makers Gonna Learn

Make your loved one a shaker letter – it’s a card and gift in one! They can display it in their home for years to come.

YOU ARE THE WRITE KIND OF FRIEND VALENTINE From Makers Gonna Learn

We love these Valentines for handing out in classrooms! Super cute and practical, these are a great no-candy option.

DIY CRICUT VALENTINE’S DAY CARDS From Makers Gonna Learn

You’re going to love the fun techniques we used in making these adorable cards.

SHAKER CARD WITH CRICUT From Makers Gonna Learn

Shaker cards are just so much fun! This one may look intricate, but when we walk you through it step-by-step, you’ll see how easy it is.

DIY VALENTINE’S DAY KEYCHAIN From Makers Gonna Learn

Your loved one can carry a reminder of your love with them all the time with this beautiful keychain!

CRICUT VALENTINE’S DAY BANNER From Laura’s Crafty Life

Hang this banner up on your mantel or in a window to add some Valentines Day cheer to your home.

VALENTINE’S CANDY MASON JAR From The Farmgirl Gabs

We love this super cute way of presenting candy to someone. They can use the jars to stay organized – or just keep filling them with treats!

DIY CRICUT MONSTER VALENTINE CANDY CARDS From Giggles Galore

These little monster candy-hugging cards are sure to bring smiles to the faces of the recipients!

VALENTINE’S HEART TREE From Fleece Fun

Decorate your home with a heart tree that’s sweet and whimsical. Makes a great gift too!

3D PAPER MAILBOX From Makers Gonna Learn

Create a paper mailbox for your home and everyone can share little love notes with each other all month long!

VALENTINE PLACEMATS From See Lindsay

How cute are these placemats? They remind us of those adorable little conversation heart candies.

VALENTINE PAPER VILLAGE From Crafting In The Rain

Set up a little village of love you can create from paper for the holiday!

VALENTINE’S DAY PILLOW From The Happy Scraps

This is the perfect gift for your significant other. Place this on the bed as a sweet surprise for them to find later!

3D CARD BOX From Makers Gonna Learn

Okay, this one requires a little more time and effort to make but when you see how sweet it is, you can see that it’s worth it!

FAUX VALENTINE PIÑATA From Artsy Fartsy Mama

Having a Valentines Day party? This is the perfect party decor!

DIY FORTUNE COOKIE VALENTINE TREATS From It Happens In A Blink

What would you hide inside these sweet little fortune cookies?

DIY VALENTINE’S WOOD SIGN From Everyday Jenny

Display this sweet sign in your home for a touch of color and texture!

DIY VALENTINE’S DAY GARLAND From The Kingston Home

Here’s another super fun garland idea perfect for home decor or to use as a party decoration.

PENNANT BANNER From Makers Gonna Learn

We would hang this adorable banner up in our home all year long!

DIY FAUX VALENTINE BOOK SET From Burton Avenue

Find some old discarded books at your local thrift shop or grab some wood as this crafter did and make a set of faux books.

XOXO VALENTINE TIC TAC TOE CARDS From Giggles Galore

This is such a cute idea for classroom Valentines. If you can’t find the shaped candies (or want to make it candy-free), that’s easy to do with some simple game markers.

EXPLODING PAPER BOX From Makers Gonna Learn

These exploding paper boxes always make people ooh and ahh over how sweet and sentimental they are!

VALENTINE’S DAY COFFEE CUP GIFT CARD HOLDER From Sweet Red Poppy

Give a friend the gift of coffee. They’re sure to love it!

Valentine's Day Coffee Cup Gift Card Holder2

DIY VALENTINE POPCORN BOXES From Small Stuff Counts

Put together a delicious popcorn snack mix and fill up these sweet DIY boxes for another great party or classroom Valentine idea.

3D PAPER HEART BOX From Makers Gonna Learn

What would you put inside these adorable little paper heart boxes?

EASY POP-UP CARDS WITH CRICUT From Makers Gonna Learn

Think making a pop-up card is too difficult? Think again! We’ll show you how easy it can be to make something special.

Dollar Tree Christmas Gifts

November 14, 2022 by Cyn Gagen Leave a Comment

Think that making your own DIY Christmas gifts is just too expensive? Think again! We’re going to show you some amazing Dollar Tree Christmas Gift Ideas that you are going to love.

With the help of your die cutting machine, you can make so many fun handmade gifts to give someone special for Christmas or to sell in your craft business. Let’s start planning our gift ideas today!

Dollar Tree Christmas Gifts

We have gift ideas for everyone on your list including your neighbors, the grandparents, the kids’ stocking stuffers, and so much more. Let’s go through them so you can start making your list. We even have gifts for those elusive people on your list you have NO idea what to give!

USING PIZZA PANS

There are so many ways you can upcycle a pizza pan and turn it into an adorable sign.

Christmas countdown sign –

This could easily be adapted to a perpetual calendar.

Interchangeable seasonal sign –

This is such a fun idea that allows you to decorate for a holiday or season without having to store a bunch of bulky items

Welcome sign –

Add some simple paper, adhesive shelf liner, or even some shims or other small pieces of wood to give the sign a different look. You could even put a family name on it to customize it for the recipient

USING PHOTO FRAMES

Frames from Dollar Tree can be fixed up in so many ways. Whitewash them, paint them, stain them to make them look more expensive, and then turn them into something special.

Word search sign –

This word search style sign makes a great gift for a proud grandparent! Use this same sort of idea of making a clear sign to make a menu board, To Do list, one of those family signs with the established date on it, or one of those signs showing the locations of where the couple met and got married.

CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS

There are so many different kinds of Christmas ornaments you can make with Dollar Tree supplies and your Cricut machine. We even have some amazing packaging ideas for presenting the ornaments as gifts!

There are many different types of Christmas ornaments you can make with your Cricut. Here at Makers Gonna Learn, we have made some really cute Print then Cut ornaments as well as some from felt, vinyl applied to glass and plastic, iron-on vinyl applied to wood, glitter ornaments, and more.

STOCKING STUFFERS

Don’t overlook the stocking stuffers you can grab at the dollar store and then add your own custom designs to. For example, these headphones can be personalized by adding some fun designs or monograms to them. It’s such an easy way to take a basic inexpensive stocking stuffer from Dollar Tree and turn it into something special.

The earbud holders and pop sockets are additional great ideas we love!

Monogram added to pop socket from Dollar Tree

And be sure to check out this combination mousepad/phone charger! What a fantastic idea and your design on it will just take it right to the next level.

dollar tree combination mousepad and phone charger with Go Be Great custom text added

GREAT NEIGHBOR AND TEACHER GIFT IDEAS

baking gift with customized pot holder kitchen utensils and baking mix

Baking sets

These baking sets are a perfect gift idea for neighbors, teachers, coworkers, and more! And they’re oh so easy to make. Simply customize the pot holder with some HTV and tie it all up with some kitchen utensils and a baking mix.

Mugs and tumblers

You can find some really great plain mugs and tumblers at Dollar Tree that you can use to apply vinyl to and create custom designs. Leave them as is or fill with hot cocoa mix and marshmallows for an extra fun gift.

Or how about etching stainless steel tumblers and mugs? You can grab a really nice stainless steel tumbler for $5 at Dollar Tree and turn it into a really lovely, expensive-looking gift.

You can also sublimate on Dollar Tree products! Make sure to check the polyester content of it to ensure that it will work well for sublimation projects but you can often pillows, throws, dishtowels, socks, slippers, and more that are perfect for sublimating.

These Dollar Tree sublimation socks are one of our favorite projects ever!

Remember, even if you don’t have a Dollar Tree in your area, check out your local dollar stores to see what similar items they might have for you to use.

Infusible Ink Marker Mug

September 14, 2022 by Paula W

You all are sure to love this fun Cricut project. We’re breaking out the Mug Press and creating a personalized mug with Infusible Ink Pens that you have to see to believe.

This is a great project if you’re looking to learn how to use the Cricut Mug press or if you’re just a Cricut beginner. This is also a great Cricut kids craft because they can draw and create their own designs to be transferred on a mug, permanently!

Infusible Ink Marker Mug

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Cut Files/Fonts Used:

Spring Flower Drawings

Supply Links:

Infusible Ink Marker Mug Design 300x200 1

Step-by-step Instructions:

Add a basic shape in Design Space that reflects the wrap size for your mug.
Manipulate the fonts and files until your desired design is achieved.
Set all of your designs besides the square to “pen” and select the black Infusible Ink Pen.
Place your designs where you want them on the square and attach them all together. Mirror the design.
Allow the Cricut to draw and cut on laser printer paper.
Use colored Infusible Ink Markers to decorate your design
Clean your mug. Align and tape your design onto the mug.
Heat in the mug press, allow to cool and remove the paper.

DIY Family Photo Frame

September 14, 2022 by Paula W

For this adorable project, we’re using our Cricut to make a DIY Family Photo Frame using Print then Cut paper dolls to depict our family.

In our cut files, we have lots of options available for bodies, arms, hair, clothing, accessories, pets, backgrounds, and more so it’s easy to customize your picture to represent your family members. These paper doll pictures make a great gift.

DIY Family Photo Frame

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Cut Files Used:

Swimsuits
Clothes
Bodies
Dogs
Brown Hair
Blond Hair

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Step-by-step Instructions:

1.     Upload your files into Cricut Design Space as Print then Cut images. You can hide the ones that you aren’t currently using in your design as needed to make space on your canvas.
2.     Working with the bodies first, grab a square, unlock, and resize it to fit over the body you want to use.
3.     Select both the body and the rectangle and choose Slice. Delete the unneeded slice results.
4.     Repeat for any other bodies you need.
5.     Using the same technique, slice out the arms that you need.
6.     You’ll also need to slice off the arms currently on the bodies if you want to replace them with new arms.
7.     Find the clothing that you want to place on the bodies and use the same Slice technique to cut it out. Layer it over the body.
8.     Choose the hair you want each person to have, slice it out, and add it to the bodies.
9.     Take your time as you layer these elements. You may need to move them forwards and backward, resize them, and line them up a few times as you go to get your design just right.

You can also add some accessories and pets to the background you have chosen for your family. Once again, you will simply slice them out of the file and place them onto that background.
Be sure to size the background to fit your chosen frame. Then, you want to make sure that the family and all the accessories and other elements fit well onto that background.
When you have everything placed and lined up as you’d like it, select all layers and Flatten.
Click Make It to send it to your printer. Be sure it’s set to Add Bleed.
After printing, place your printed design in the top left corner of your cutting mat and load it into your Cricut machine to cut it out.
Place the image in your frame.

3D Paper Mug

September 14, 2022 by Paula W

This 3D paper mug is so easy to make with the help of your Cricut machine. Create a mug from cardstock that you can then use to present a small gift or gift card to someone special.

With our simple step-by-step tutorial, even novice paper crafters will be able to easily make this paper box shaped like a coffee mug.

More 3D craft projects here.

3D Paper Mug

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Cut Files/Fonts Used:

3D Mug: https://makersgonnalearn.com/cut_files/3d-mug/
American Story: https://makersgonnalearn.com/fonts/american-story-3/

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Step-by-step Instructions:

Due to the complex nature and visual components of 3D files, we recommend following along with the video as you assemble your project. You can always pause the video and re-wind as needed.

Etched Keychain

September 13, 2022 by Paula W

Make an Etched Keychain with your Cricut? This craft project can’t get any easier! Just wait until you see our simple step-by-step tutorial.

This is a fun way to personalize your keys or to hang from your purse or backpack. It makes a great gift too. The small size makes it ideal for stocking stuffers or to pop into an Easter basket.

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Cut Files/Fonts Used:

Mountain Bike
Bold And Proud

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Step-by-step Instructions:

Upload cut file in design space
Get your measurements & size it up accordingly
Make a circle in the design space, (KEEP THIS CIRCLE ON PEN)
Upload your engraving fill pattern to design space
Once the engraving pattern is uploaded, apply your cut file on top of the fill pattern & slice
Once sliced, pick your favorite (most look identical) & delete the rest
Place your design or cut file in your circle ( KEEP THIS CUTFILE ON ENGRAVE)
Place your engraving blade into your circuit
Once all that is done, place your acrylic on your strong grip mat & tape all the way down with masking tape.
Move your star wheels all the way over to the right side of the circuit.
Place your mat with your acrylic inside the mat & continue from there.
Once the circuit is done, remove your tape & enjoy!

How to Apply Vinyl Inside a Mug

September 13, 2022 by Paula W

This is such a great tutorial for how to apply vinyl inside a mug- we loved making this special mug and think you’re going to love it too! With this mug, not only is there vinyl text on the outside, but we’ve added some to the inside as well to continue the messaging.

These mugs are a fun way to add your personality to your daily cup of coffee or tea. They make fantastic custom-made gifts too.

How to Apply Vinyl Inside a Mug

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Fonts Used:

Funky Disco

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Step-by-step Instructions:

Type out your phrases in Design Space using your chosen font, then manipulate and size them to fit well onto the side and bottom of your mug.
Select your material setting. Once cut, weed your image and apply transfer tape to your designs.
Clean the bottom of the mug with alcohol then remove the backing from your vinyl and using both pairs of reverse tweezers, one on each side of the transfer tape, slowly and carefully lower the design down to the bottom of your mug. Burnish and remove the transfer tape.
Clean the outside of your mug then remove the backing from the vinyl design and position and apply it down where you want it on the outside of your mug. Burnish and remove the transfer tape.
Mix equal parts of the resin in your cups. Pour one cup into the other and stir well for 3 minutes.
Pour the mixed resin into the bottom of the mug and allow it to settle. 15-20 minutes later, using your lighter, heat the top of the resin to pop any air bubbles. Allow it to cure for 24 hours.

DIY Father’s Day Keychain

September 12, 2022 by Paula W

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You’ve stumbled upon one of the best personalized Cricut projects to date! With this DIY Father’s Day keychain, you have the freedom of the alphabet to make adorable customized keychains for anyone in your life.

These are amazing for DIY gifts and who wouldn’t want a professional-looking personalized gift? We made ours for Dad, but you can make it for anyone. You will fall in love with this faux leather, too. It’s a game-changer. Have fun!

DIY Father’s Day Keychain

Font Used:

Brilliance

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Step-by-step Instructions:

Type the word in your chosen font in Design Space and kern if needed. Duplicate to have two.
Add an offset to your word. Duplicate it, and flip one offset horizontally.
Add a small rectangle connecting the two offsets and weld.
Cut the welded offset out of faux leather and the two words out of white HTV. Weed the HTV.
Heat the words onto the offset faux leather.
Pull half of the leather offset through the keychain. Fold the offset and hot glue the sides together.

3D Paper Lighthouse

September 11, 2022 by Paula W

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With a battery-operated flameless candle, you can make this beautiful 3D paper lighthouse light up. Paper crafters, you are going to love this simple three-dimensional paper craft project.

Using your Cricut machine, craft paper, and some adhesive, you can create a paper lighthouse that is perfect for parties and home decor. If you’ve never tried a 3D Cricut project before, this is your chance to make something beautiful.

You can find more 3D die cutting craft projects here.

3D Paper Lighthouse

Cut File Used:

Lighthouse

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Step-by-step Instructions:

Due to the complex nature and visual components of 3D files, we recommend following along with the video as you assemble your project. You can always pause the video and re-wind as needed.

3D Paper Letters

September 8, 2022 by Paula W

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Learn how to make these adorable 3D paper letters! Spell out a whole word or make someone’s initials. Either way, they are an adorable way to make some fun home decor projects with your Cricut.

Use your die-cutting machine to make a personalized gift for someone special or create party decorations! Follow our step-by-step instructions to learn how easy it is to make this 3D craft project.

Find more 3D projects here.

3D Paper Letters

Cut Files Used:

3D-E
3D-S

Supply Links:

A 3d Letter Made With A Die Cutting Machine

Step-by-step Instructions:

Due to the complex nature and visual components of 3D files, we recommend following along with the video as you assemble your project. You can always pause the video and re-wind as needed.